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Bird Island Passage, Strangford Lough.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19830804/01 Date: 1983-08-04 GPS: 54.47667,-5.57533. Depth: -23.0 to -24.0 m. [ View map ]

Site Description: Mud plain with very abundant shell debris. Antedon; Thyone and Sagartia all common.

Species list Biotopes

Species list (24 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Eurypon coronula
Polymastia boletiformis
Polymastia inflata
Polymastia penicillus
Amphilectus fucorum
Mycale macilenta
Suberites ficus
CNIDARIA
Obelia dichotoma
Epizoanthus couchii
Cylista elegans
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus
Crangon crangon
Pagurus bernhardus
Inachus dorsettensis
Macropodia rostrata
Polybius depurator
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Buccinum undatum
Aequipecten opercularis
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida
Asterias rubens
Leptasterias muelleri
Thyone fusus
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Eurypon coronula P
Polymastia boletiformis P
Polymastia inflata P
Polymastia penicillus P
Amphilectus fucorum P
Mycale macilenta P
Suberites ficus P
CNIDARIA
Obelia dichotoma P
Epizoanthus couchii P
Cylista elegans P
CRUSTACEA
Balanus crenatus P
Crangon crangon P
Pagurus bernhardus P
Inachus dorsettensis P
Macropodia rostrata P
Polybius depurator P
MOLLUSCA
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Buccinum undatum P
Aequipecten opercularis P
ECHINODERMATA
Antedon bifida P
Asterias rubens P
Leptasterias muelleri P
Thyone fusus P
PISCES
Pomatoschistus pictus P

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